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A state agency is getting federal money to enhance training for investigators who look into crimes against vulnerable adults. Arizona Adult Protective Services investigates allegations of abuse, exploitation and neglect, and now the program will get a boost from the Department of Health and Human Services.

It’s not clear yet if Beto O’Rourke and other struggling candidates did enough to move the needle or if Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and others going after Joe Biden will chip away at his poll numbers.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has named the seven-member citizen committee tasked with evaluating candidates to replace Bill Montgomery as county attorney. Applications for the interim job are due on Sept. 18.

Crime in the U.S. has been on the decline since the 1990s, but findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey for the last few years may suggest that trend is reversing.

Former Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony earlier this summer re-asserted what was already known: Russia has been working to affect U.S. elections by hacking into databases and sowing disagreements in multiple ways on social media.

The U.S. military is looking to use artificial intelligence to help pilots. Initial iterations of Skyborg have been tested in Yuma and officials hope to eventually be able to produce drones for a few million dollars each.

The Tucson city council and the Pima County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on a new ordinance raising the age to buy nicotine products from 18 to 21 years old. The new law is aimed at preventing teenagers from getting older friends to buy vaping devices and traditional cigarettes.

Listen to the sounds of Joann Hill with the Arizona Game and Fish Department restock a lake with rainbow trout.
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said the deal "was the quickest and surest way to get immediate relief for Arizona and for the communities that have been harmed by the opioid crisis and the actions of the Sackler family."

KJZZ's Fronteras reporting team joined migrants as they traveled thousands of miles to reach the U.S. This multi-part series put reporters on the ground in four countries to document the challenges migrants face on their trek through Central America, Mexico and the U.S. In San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, the asylum wait list has over 1,100 people. Other border cities have as many, or many more. → Special Report: 'Tracing The Migrant Journey'

The U.S. Marshals Office and Navajo County Sheriff's Office announced late Wednesday night the arrest of a couple who escaped from a transport vehicle with his fugitive wife last month. In a Facebook post, Navajo County authorities said Blane and Susan Barksdale were taken into custody on Wednesday evening without incident.

The 30-day review period for the draft deal ends this month. That deal — which the U.S. Department of Commerce and Mexican growers initialed in August — would raise the floor price of tomatoes, as well as limit the ability of buyers to be compensated for damaged loads.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is accepting applications for county attorney after Bill Montgomery was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the board appointed a seven-person citizen-committee to screen the applicants.

Mayor Kate Gallego announced a new effort called "I Count 2020," which will allow the city to monitor responses to the Census as they come in, even at the neighborhood level, to help tailor outreach in the community.